Former San Diego mayor acknowledges using charity for gambling, losing $1 billion

[Wehrwolfen]

By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News

O'Connor walked into the federal courthouse with her attorney by her side Thursday.



Former San Diego Democratic Party Mayor Maureen O’Connor acknowledged in federal court Thursday that she took $2 million from her late husband's charitable foundation to pay for her addiction to video poker — and lost $1 billion wagering over the course of a decade.

O’Connor, the mayor of California’s second largest city from 1986 to 1992, pleaded not guilty to money laundering as part of a deal with prosecutors that will defer the charges for two years as she attempts to repay the debt.

An attorney for O’Connor, Eugene Iredale, told reporters outside the courthouse that his client had severe health problems, including a brain tumor, that led to her gambling addition, according to NBC San Diego.

Iredale said his client won more than $1 billion from 2000 to 2009 playing video poker in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and San Diego, but lost most of it.


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[tjvh]

I love how they are trying to blame her criminal behavior on a brain tumor... Unreal.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

I love how they are trying to blame her criminal behavior on a brain tumor... Unreal.

Nice try... You mean to tell us that shes had this brain tumor since 1996 and after 17 years of gambling shes found this out? Well after blowing $1 billion anyway. Poor thing.

 

[tjvh]

I love how they are trying to blame her criminal behavior on a brain tumor... Unreal.

Nice try... You mean to tell us that shes had this brain tumor since 1996 and after 17 years of gambling shes found this out? Well after blowing $1 billion anyway. Poor thing.

Yeah... I feel as sorry for her as I did Leona Helmsley. The sad thing is, numbskulls will actually believe the tumor made her do it nonsense.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

I love how they are trying to blame her criminal behavior on a brain tumor... Unreal.

Nice try... You mean to tell us that shes had this brain tumor since 1996 and after 17 years of gambling shes found this out? Well after blowing $1 billion anyway. Poor thing.

Yeah... I feel as sorry for her as I did Leona Helmsley. The sad thing is, numbskulls will actually believe the tumor made her do it nonsense.

Obviously this will be buried by the Lame Stream Media specifically because she is a Democrat and close friends with Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, and Dianne Feinstein.

 

[Political Junky]

It's amazing that San Diego elected a Democrat.

 

[S.J.]

She'll get a pass, or a pardon. After all, she's a Democrat and she's above the law.

 

[Political Junky]

They weren't so kind to Republican Duke Cunningham, who spent time in prison.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News

O'Connor walked into the federal courthouse with her attorney by her side Thursday.



Former..

1% or really 1/10% a Romney type

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Nice try... You mean to tell us that shes had this brain tumor since 1996 and after 17 years of gambling shes found this out? Well after blowing $1 billion anyway. Poor thing.

Yeah... I feel as sorry for her as I did Leona Helmsley. The sad thing is, numbskulls will actually believe the tumor made her do it nonsense.

Obviously this will be buried by the Lame Stream Media specifically because she is a Democrat and close friends with Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, and Dianne Feinstein.

It's been all over the news.

You really need to get out more often..

 

[Obamanation]

You knew she was a dem because NBC news failed to mention her affiliation... haha!!!!

 

[MeBelle]

You knew she was a dem because NBC news failed to mention her affiliation... haha!!!!

Truly, that's not entirely fair to say.
Many local city government races are non-partisan.
I don't know how San Diego does it, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

But the odds are in her favor of being a Dem.
Many 'Reps' in CA are really Dem lites.

 

[Obamanation]

You knew she was a dem because NBC news failed to mention her affiliation... haha!!!!

Truly, that's not entirely fair to say.
Many local city government races are non-partisan.
I don't know how San Diego does it, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

But the odds are in her favor of being a Dem.
Many 'Reps' in CA are really Dem lites.

This one is a Dem heavy!! ...hanging with the socialist likes of pelosi and feinstein.

....and I guess you missed my little "haha!!!" --- indicating that I was making a joke!

No joke here though... if she was a Republican ---- they would have mentioned it at least twice!!!

 

[MeBelle]

You knew she was a dem because NBC news failed to mention her affiliation... haha!!!!

Truly, that's not entirely fair to say.
Many local city government races are non-partisan.
I don't know how San Diego does it, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

But the odds are in her favor of being a Dem.
Many 'Reps' in CA are really Dem lites.

This one is a Dem heavy!! ...hanging with the socialist likes of pelosi and feinstein.

....and I guess you missed my little "haha!!!" --- indicating that I was making a joke!

No joke here though... if she was a Republican ---- they would have mentioned it at least twice!!!

Like I said I haven't done the research, so I don't know.
I also can't tell through text if "haha!!!" was supposed to be mocking or funny.

 

[Avatar4321]

The evils of gambling. We need to return to good honest labor.

 

[Obamanation]

Truly, that's not entirely fair to say.
Many local city government races are non-partisan.
I don't know how San Diego does it, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

But the odds are in her favor of being a Dem.
Many 'Reps' in CA are really Dem lites.

This one is a Dem heavy!! ...hanging with the socialist likes of pelosi and feinstein.

....and I guess you missed my little "haha!!!" --- indicating that I was making a joke!

No joke here though... if she was a Republican ---- they would have mentioned it at least twice!!!

Like I said I haven't done the research, so I don't know.
I also can't tell through text if "haha!!!" was supposed to be mocking or funny.

Yea, I guess it's much more vague in print than it was in my head!